Staple-extractor



(No Model.)

T. FLANAGAN.

STAPLE EXTRAGTOR.

No. 314,116. Patented Mar 17, 1885.

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THOMAS FLANAGAN, on nuunir'r, ILLINOIS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 314,116, dated March17, 1885.

Application filed February 27, 1884.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS FLANAGAN, a citizen of the United States,residing in the town of Burritt, in the county of lVinnebago and Stateof Illinois, have invented a new and useful Staple-Extractor, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to repairing, reconstructing, and removing wirefences. Its object is-to disconnect the fence-wires from theirconnections with the fence-posts.

It consists of a claw-pincher and a combined claw-pincher and claw-bar,all of which will be hereinafter more fully described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an isometrical representationof a claw-pincher embodying my invention, and Fig. 2 represents anapplication of my improvement.

My improved claw-pincher is composed, in the main, of two leverarms, Aand B, of suitable dimensions. One end a of each arm is of curved jawform, and the two arms A and B immediately rearward of the curved jawscross each other, and are fulcrumed at their crossing by means of asuitable rivet or bolt, I), passed through the parts to connect them insuch a manner as to permit the parts to oscillate freely on theirpivotal or fulcrum connection. These parts, so far as described, aresubstantially the same as like parts of pinchers now in use.

The jaws a of the pincher are each produced in claw form, being providedcentrally in their free ends with a V-formed notch, c, in the usual clawform.

The free end of the lever-arms A is provided with a claw-arm, d,extending laterally to the lever-arm. This lateral claw-arm d is of asuitable curved form, and is provided centrally with a V-formed slot, e,producing a claw of suitable form.

At h is represented a link-detent having a free hinged or pivotalconnection with the tent and its conformation are such that its freeopen end will embrace the free end of the le- (No model.)

ver-arm B when the jaws of the pinchcr are closed.

At 0 is represented a fence-post, to which are fixed fence-wires 75 bymeans of staples a, spanning the wire and driven into the post in theusual manner.

In the use of my improved claw-pincher the claw-formed jaws are openedandare placed against the face of the post, as represented in Fig. 2, insuch position relatively with the fence-wire and the staple connectingit with the post that the slot in the jaws will embrace the staple onboth sides of the wire, and the unslotted portion of the jaws will passbetween the post and the wire on both sides of the staple. In thisposition the jaws,1 by means of the lever-arms, are closed, embracingthe staple between the post and the wire, and by means of an up or downmove ment of the free end of the lever-arms the staple will be drawnfrom the post, and the wire will be disconnected therefrom withoutinjury to either the wire or staple, and may be again connected to a newpost or removed and employed in other situations. \Vhen it is found thatthe staples employed to fix the fence-wires inposition on the posts havenot been driven to clamp or bind the wire to the post, whichconstruction of fence is quite common, thelclaw-arm (I will be found aconvenient implement for extracting the staples and disconnecting thewire from the in Fig. 2 of the drawings, in which instance the claw ispassed between the wire andv the post, either upward or downward, insuch a manner as to receive the staple within the V- formed slot 0 inthe arm, and by means of an up or down movement of the pinchers, as thecase may be, will operate to draw the staple from the post and free thewire from its fastening in a manner to permit the wire and staple to bereplaced for further use.

In the use of my.improved pinchers for extracting staples requiring morethan ordinary force the detent-link is employed to confine the free endsof the leverarms to prevent The detent-link also serves to hold the jawsfree end of one lever-arm, and a pivoted link :0 closed. when the clawon the free end of the to connect the free ends of the lever-arms,lever-arm A is employed, as shown and desubstantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

5 scribed, and serves to render the implement THOMAS FLANAGAN.

more convenient in handling. l Vitnesses:

I claim as my invention A. O. BEHEL,

The combination, in a pincher, of jaws cen- M. I. TODD.

opening of the jaws under the strain required. trally slotted in, clawform, a hookc1aw on the

